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Monday, April 30 results
Fremd def. Stevenson 25-18, 22-25, 25-22Stevenson (19-6, 3-1 in the North Suburban Conference): Matt Cliffer (8 kills, 4 blocks), Gavin Meng (5 kills, 1 dig), George Lie (1 ace, 14 digs), Thomas Finn (6 kills, 1 ace, 14 digs), Leo Chen (10 kills, 6 digs), Will Sorenson (34 assists, 1 kill), Alex Bian (1 kill, 5 digs), Justin Ross (7 kills).Fremd (11-8, 3-4 in the Mid-Suburban West): Aaron Peterson (12 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 4 digs), Rocco Stella (1 ace), Martin Michalski (7 kills, 4 aces, 4 digs), Jacob Peterson (18 assists), Michael Ara
Benet Invitational
Libertyville Invitational
Taylor Jakubowski is her mother’s daughter and her hitters’ best friend
Saturday, April 28 results
At Benet White PoolGlenbard West def. Naperville Central 25-19, 25-19Oswego East def. Oswego 25-19, 18-25, 25-18 Red PoolBenet def. Neuqua Valley 26-24, 21-25, 25-22St. Francis def. Plainfield Central 27-25, 25-22 Gold bracket Glenbard West def. Neuqua Valley 25-22, 25-20Naperville Central def. Benet 27-25, 25-20Neuqua Valley def. Benet 25-16, 25-22 (third place)Glenbard West def. Naperville Central 25-20, 25-20 (championship)Glenbard West (21-2): Jackson Roach (1 ace), Ben Harrington (4 kills, 2 blocks), Stone Metz (3 kills